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　　My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella．He has had it 　　1　　 and as he is very 　　2　　 it, it still looks as good as new．

　　“That umbrella must have 　　3　　 you a great deal of money, Uncle．” I said to him one day．

　　“No,” he replied, “　　4　　”

　　“Was it a present?” I asked again．

　　“No,” said he．

　　“Then how did you get it?” I asked．

　　“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story．About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 　　5　　 it suddenly rained．I had no raincoat and no umbrella．No buses ran through that street and there were no 　　6　　 in sight．As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get 　　7　　．So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop．By and by it grew quite 　　8　　．There wasn't a person around, and 　　9　　 it rained and rained．　　10　　 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 　　11　　 a large umbrella over his head．　　12　　 I hoped he would 　　13　　 me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped 　　14　　 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said：“　　15　　, where are you going with that umbrella?”

　　　　16　　 by my sudden appearance, the young man 　　17　　 the umbrella, which, I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 　　18　　 into the darkness．I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk．I knew it would be 　　19　　 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it 　　20　　．”

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　　I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune．But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge 　　1　　 and hardly any income．　　2　　, I stopped giving and became very bitter．

　　Several years later, things started to 　　3　　．I became 　　4　　 enough to have a home, and 　　5　　 a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt．One day we saw a homeless person with the 　　6　　, “Will work for food．” I 　　7　　．My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in 　　8　　．I replied, “ Honey, they just use that money for 　　9　　 or other bad things．” She didn’t respond．But when I said that, it didn’t feel right．

　　Three days later, I was 　　10　　 to pick up my daughter from school．A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside 　　11　　 me to help him．So I stopped my car, and he ran over with enthusiasm．He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents．” I 　　12　　 into my ashtray and 　　13　　 enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies．

　　Greatly shocked by this 　　14　　, I gave him all the money in the ashtray．He 　　15　　 with joy and tears in his eyes, “You just made it 　　16　　 for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus offering this great sale is 　　17　　 right away! ” It was a moment I’ll never forget．I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best 　　18　　 in life _________ giving．It also 　　19　　 me that nothing is a coincidence, 　　20　　 everything has meaning．

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Texting in the street－your funeral

　　Millions of people are putting their lives at risk by texting their friends as they walk along busy streets, reported the Daily Mail．

　　One in ten 　　1　　 users has already been 　　2　　 because they are so lost in their phones that they fail to 　　3　　 lamp-posts or cars, according to Joanna Lumdsen of Aston University．

　　To test the danger of texting while 　　4　　, Lumdsen did an experiment in which volunteers followed a 　　5　　 path while trying to 　　6　　 in a message on the phone．

　　Around them, screens 　　7　　 up instructions to avoid stepping on 　　8　　 colors on the floor．

　　She found that people missed one in five 　　9　　 because they were so busy with their phones．

　　“In 　　10　　 life this means that one in five lamp-posts or moving cars is 　　11　　 to go unnoticed by people 　　12　　 and walking, ” she said．

　　Her research is looking for ways cell phone makers could improve the 　　13　　 of phones to make texting on the move 　　14　　．That could 　　15　　 easier-to-use voice operated phones, or phones that respond to gestures．

　　“The safest thing is 　　16　　 people not to text while they walk along,” she said．“　　17　　 a lot of people in business are 　　18　　 to carry a mobile phone and be in 　　19　　 24 hours a day, seven days a week．They are under pressure to reply to calls 　　20　　, and to respond to text messages and emails straight away．

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　　It’s a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candies．The young man behind the counter(柜台)knows his 　　1　　 by name and what they normally want to buy．He treats children and adults with equal 　　2　　．He reads science fiction behind the counter when business is 　　3　　．

　　One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could, 　　4　　 not intending to pay for it．He hit the “panic button”, then went over the counter and 　　5　　 the front door．It was obvious that they were homeless, and equally obvious that they were’t going 　　6　　 with their ill-gotten gains(不义之财)．They 　　7　　 the food and simply crowded together in panic-knowing the police were 　　8　　 the way．

　　Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn’t have to steal if they were that 　　9　　．“We have food in the back expired(到期)but still 　　10　　 to eat．If you need food, you 　　11　　 have some．”

　　They were told to 　　12　　 what they had dropped and put it back, and then asked to straighten out the mess．They were doing just that 　　13　　 the police arrived．The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer 　　14　　．

　　This wasn’t what they had 　　15　　．They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they’d done．Shocked, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up．

　　Soon three 　　16　　 people walked out with all the 　　17　　 their arms could hold．They were 　　18　　 that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab．

　　And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in．He would be the 　　19　　 person in the world to claim he was a hero．But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of－a 　　20　　 amount of self-respect and a little bit of hope．

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　　Ann，a mother of 3 children, is a warm-hearted social worker and she has done a lot to help people 　　1　　．The family's dinner conversation often turns to local poor families, and she 　　2　　 tries her best to seek help for them．This year, Ann 　　3　　 that Santa Claus would make a special 　　4　　 to a young unemployed mother named Ashley, who was 　　5　　 two sons by herself．

　　One Sunday morning, the family were joyfully having breakfast 　　6　　 the phone rang, saying that the aid she had requested for Ashley had 　　7　　．No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing．On hearing the news, Ann noticed the 　　8　　 disappear from her children's faces．Kinzie, the youngest one, 　　9　　 down from her chair and ran out of the kitchen room．In a matter of 　　10　　 , she returned carrying her piggy bank and began to 　　11　　 the coins over and over again, ＄3.30 in total．“Mom,” she shook her head 　　12　　 , “I know it's not much．But maybe this will buy a 　　13　　 for the children．” Then suddenly everyone was reaching into their pockets and 　　14　　 their purses．Immediately the money-coins and bills 　　15　　 on the table．On Christmas Eve, Ann as well as Kinzie drove to Ashley's house．After Ann wished the 　　16　　 woman a merry Christmas, she began to unload the gifts from the car, 　　17　　 them to Ashley one by one and told her the whole story．

　　Ashley was moved to tears 　　18　　 the words：Kinzie opened not only her piggy bank but also her 　　19　　 , and my children as well as I myself would be able to do something 　　20　　 for someone else in need．

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In the winter vocation of 2008, I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n)　　1　　 at Mr Breen's fruit shop．The fruit shop did good business．Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 　　2　　 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr Breen 　　3　　 them all by names and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 　　4　　 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly longstanding customers, and I 　　5　　 they must have stayed faithful to him because he had　promised to sell good quality fruits．He had a way with them－I had to 　　6　　 that．He called every woman “madam” for a start, 　　7　　 those who clearly were not, but when he said it, it did not sound like flattery(恭维)．It just sounded 　　8　　 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 　　9　　．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 　　10　　 about the weather, 　　11　　 he did, he would ask about their families or make 　　12　　 , always cutting his cloth 　　13　　 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 　　14　　 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱), and I was sure they thought he was very generous．But I thought he was the opposite．He never threw anything away．He was always looking for 　　15　　 for nothing．

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My First Day

　　I was still shy in the presence of a crowd．And my first day at the new 　　1　　 made me a laughing stock(笑柄)of the classroom．I was sent to the blackboard to write my 　　2　　．I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the 　　3　　 of so many pupils on my back made me 　　4　　 inside and I was unable to write a single letter．

　　“Write your name,” the teacher called to me．I 　　5　　 the white chalk to the blackboard, as I was about to write, my mind went blank, I could not remember my name, 　　6　　 the first letter．Somebody laughed and I became 　　7　　．

　　“Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher called and walked to my side, 　　8　　 at me to give me confidence．

　　“What is your name?” she asked．

　　“Richard,” I 　　9　　

　　“Then write it．”

　　I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was 　　10　　 again．I tried to 　　11　　 my senses but I could remember nothing．I realized how totally I was 　　12　　 and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead 　　13　　 the cold blackboard．The room burst into a loud 　　14　　 and my muscles froze．I sat and 　　15　　 myself．Why did I always appear so dumb 　　16　　 I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no 　　17　　 I could read better than any of them, and I could talk 　　18　　 when I was sure of myself．Then why did strange 　　19　　 make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck 　　20　　, hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself．

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　　In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment．There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 　　1　　．

　　Today things are 　　2　　, the world has become too 　　3　　．We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are 　　4　　 our environment with dangerous chemicals．If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not 　　5　　．

　　Everyone 　　6　　 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left．Yet, with modern fishing 　　7　　, more and more fish are caught．We know that if too many trees are cut down, 　　8　　 will disappear and nothing will grow on the land．Yet, we 　　9　　 to use bigger and more powerful machines to 　　10　　 more and more trees．

　　We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die．　　11　　, in most countries wastes are 　　12　　 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 　　13　　 laws to stop this．

　　We know, too, that if the 　　14　　 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough 　　15　　．What can we do to solve these problems?

　　If we eat more vegetables and less 　　16　　, there will be more food available for everyone．Land that is used to grow crops 　　17　　 five times more people than land where animals are kept．Our natural resources will 　　18　　 longer if we learn to recycle them．The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 　　19　　．

　　Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer 　　20　　 in the future．

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　　By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children．I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 　　1　　．I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year．

　　The morning bell rang．I walked 　　2　　 through the cold into the overly heated school building．Twenty-two smiling faces 　　3　　 me at the school bus stop．I forced myself to 　　4　　 their smiles．Back into the classroom, they 　　5　　, comparing plans for the 　　6　　．I had to remove one student from each arm 　　7　　 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties．Before I could find my roll book(点名册)my desk was covered with 　　8　　 and gifts followed by a 　　9　　 of “Merry Christmas” wishes．

　　“Oh, thank you,” I must have 　　10　　 a million times．Each gift was truly special to me, except my 　　11　　 mood．It was kind of them to 　　12　　 me．After a while, I heard a small nervous 　　13　　 say my name．I looked up to see Brandon standing 　　14　　 by my desk, holding a small, round gift．“This is for you．”

　　“Thank you, Sweetheart．” I laid it on my desk with the others．

　　“Um, could you 　　15　　 it now?”

　　I gently tore at the paper and tape．“　　16　　,” he said, “it’s breakable．” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament(装饰物), complete with a hook already 　　17　　．It dawned on me what he had done．Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree．I tried to keep my 　　18　　 back．

　　Later that day, I sat 　　19　　 the ornament in my hands．Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 　　20　　 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me．

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　　Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist(恐怖分子)by the immigration(入境)officers in the USA．

　　We returned from Iraq and landed safely．My heart 　　1　　 when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer．My 　　2　　, with his very American last name, had no trouble at all．In fact, I am 　　3　　 American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet．The only reason was 　　4　　 they thought my name looked like the one of 　　5　　 who’s on their wanted list(通缉令)and I had to wait till they checked me out 　　6　　 Washington．

　　Time passed 　　7　　．One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and 　　8　　 my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening．An officer 　　9　　 over．“No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them 　　10　　．”

　　Oh, my God! I was just a university professor．I had no 　　11　　 but to put my phone away．My husband and I were getting hungry and 　　12　　．I wanted to cry, to 　　13　　 onto a chair and shout：“I am nothing but an American professor!”

　　After two hours in the back room, without explanation and 　　14　　, I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n)　　15　　 on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t 　　16　　 with the treatment．He also 　　17　　 that nothing could stop it from happening again．

　　I shared my experience with my friends and the 　　18　　 was I should change my name．But name is personal, like the town you were born in．

　　Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so 　　19　　, like my father, I’ll keep the 　　220　　．

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